POL SCI 141B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bataan Death March, Attack On Pearl Harbor, Avgas
31 Jan 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
The falloff in exports and the closing of international trade. The turning point: japan invades manchuria (september 1931) Weakness of international institutions: the league of nations is powerless to reverse japanese aggression. Japanese delegation walks out of the league of nations. International institutions had no actual powers relied on laws and norms. Japan"s economy recovers, booms, militarists become more popular. Huge impact in the influence of the militarists, as militarists could use the. Emperor as an excuse ((cid:712)the emperor has ordained this(cid:713)) 2-26 incident (1936): military coup intended to take control of the government. From this point on, extremism/radicalism becomes the norm. Because of china"s huge size, there was no way that japan would ever be able to conquer all of china. Japan signs tripartite pact with germany and italy. Japan seen as a real threat, but us not willing to step up and support. Morally, the us supported china, but still in isolationism broken after.
